Accuracy of whole-body FDG-PET/CT for detecting brain metastases from non-central nervous system tumors

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 595-602

  Kitajima, Kazuhiro ^a,b,c   Nakamoto, Yuji ^d   Okizuka, Hiromi ^c   Onishi, Yumiko ^c   Senda, Michio ^c   Suganuma, Narufumi ^e   Sugimura, Kazuro ^b  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain; CT; FDG; Metastasis; PET

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROC CURVE; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; WHOLE BODY CT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 50949120191     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12149-008-0145-0     Document Type: Article

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